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America's Underpaid Workforce Imperils US and Global Economies
America's Underpaid Workforce Imperils US and Global Economies
Jon Jeter · Over a period of 40 years, capitalists like Rockefeller, Walmart, the Koch Brothers, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have completely rearranged the financial universe — all but eradicating inflation, and radically devaluing work relative...
How the Washington Post and American Journalism Lost Their Way
How the Washington Post and American Journalism Lost Their Way
Jon Jeter · The Post’s redoubled emphasis on the bottom line exemplified a crucial change in American newspapering and reflected the transformation of the daily newspaper in the United States from a family enterprise to a corporation with an...
Obama, Being Black, Was Perfectly Suited to Deliver the Racist Message
Obama, Being Black, Was Perfectly Suited to Deliver the Racist Message
Jon Jeter · As a result of his complexion, Obama was given a pass for his racial demagoguery, similar to conservatives forgiving Richard Nixon for his entreaties to China. In a sense, only the impeccably anti-communist Nixon could go to China and...
When It Comes to Defending Rights, Lebron Takes Michael Jordan to School
When It Comes to Defending Rights, Lebron Takes Michael Jordan to School
Jon Jeter · For all his athletic accomplishments, Michael Jordan has never inspired the same kind of emotional response that LeBron James does today.
Since 2008 Financial Crisis, Wall Street Is the Grinch That Keeps Stealing Christmas
Since 2008 Financial Crisis, Wall Street Is the Grinch That Keeps Stealing Christmas
Jon Jeter · Hauling everything they owned in two grocery carts, Anderson and his three teenage children had put in a good 12 hours in their trek from Silicon Valley’s northern edge en route to the Promised Land, Berkeley, which was still another 14...
Breaking of the Rainbow Coalition and the Rise of the “Negro Imperialist”
Breaking of the Rainbow Coalition and the Rise of the “Negro Imperialist”
Jon Jeter · Black Panther Fred Hampton’s state-sponsored assassination on December 4, 1969, marked the beginning of a reactionary counter-revolution that has seen not just the rise of corporatism and militarism and right-wing ideology, but the...